Hepatitis E Virus and Chronic Hepatitis in Organ-Transplant Recipients  

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Kamar, Nassim ; Selves, Janick ; Mansuy, Jean-Michel ; Ouezzani, Leila ; Peron, Jean-Marie ; and Others

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The New England Journal of Medicine (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 358 no. 08 (Feb. 2008), page 811.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: N08.K.2008.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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SUMMARY Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is considered an agent responsible for acute hepatitis that does not progress to chronic hepatitis. We identified 14 cases of acute HEV infection in three patients receiving liver transplants, nine receiving kidney transplants, and two receiving kidney and pancreas transplants. All patients were positive for serum HEV RNA. Chronic hepatitis developed in eight patients, as confirmed by persistently elevated aminotransferase levels, serum HEV RNA, and histologic features of chronic hepatitis. The time from transplantation to diagnosis was significantly shorter and the total counts of lymphocytes and of CD2, CD3, and CD4 T cells were significantly lower in patients in whom chronic disease developed.

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